I was a guest on Agriculture of America to talk about Dutch and EU agriculture policy and why it faces pushback.
ConsEUmer podcast / EP123: KLM headaches, Diet Coke dilemma, and AI regulation (w/ Luke Hogg)
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: 🛫 KLM struggles with limiting the number of flights 🥤 Is aspartame really dangerous to you? 💻 The happenings in AI regulation (w/ Luke Hogg) Follow Luke Hogg on Twitter @LEHogg. Check out Consumer Choice Radio: https://consumerchoiceradio.com/ July 13, 2023 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
Birds and Bees, Beware: New York’s Anti-Pesticide Bill Will Backfire
Through recently passed legislation, the New York state legislature aims to abolish certain insecticides in defense of the “birds and bees.” The chemicals in question, called neonicotinoids, are commonly used in crop production to shield crops from undesired insects — including aphids, which spread the beet yellows virus. Lawmakers have been convinced by environmental activist […]
The US is right to take aim at Europe’s protectionist food policies
As the World Trade Organization is meeting in Geneva this week, Biden administration officials have taken aim at Europe’s protectionist trade policies. The US Ambassador to the WTO, Maria Pagán, laid out ‘persistent barriers’ that American goods and services face to enter the European market. High on the agenda were EU food and wine standards, […]
For the farm bill to do any good, it needs to prioritize this one thing
Is the farm bill a welfare program for slackers or the last-ever chance to create a sustainable food model for the future? Listening to Republicans and Democrats, those seem to be the only two choices. The $1 trillion-plus spending package that is the 2023 farm bill is set to become an unprecedented point of contention […]
Agriculture is set to become next hot political issue
Whether it’s Mexico’s threat of banning the import of American corn, or the five-year revamp of the American Farm Bill, agriculture is not merely about growing food. As the politics of farming affects the livelihoods of each American, it transforms agricultural policy into an electoral issue. The Biden administration recently announced the creation of a […]
Biden’s Air Passenger Compensation Scheme is just Smoke and Mirrors
President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg have announced plans that would require airlines to pay compensation to passengers in case of flight disruptions that are within the purview of the airline. The move echoes legislation that has existed in the European Union for almost two decades. In principle, delay compensation sounds good. If […]
Dutch Farmers’ Party Election Win Foreshadows Europe’s Environmental Battles
The Farmer-Citizen Movement, or BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB), won big in the recent Dutch provincial elections, raking up a whopping 15 of the 75 seats in the Senate. This makes it the strongest party in the Netherlands’ upper chamber, with the ability to undermine the government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The BBB was created in 2019, […]
L’incohérence des subventions en Europe
Nous devons revenir aux principes fondateurs du marché commun. Selon une tendance que j’ai décrite à plusieurs reprises dans La Chronique Agora, les pays européens s’orientent de plus en plus vers des modèles de subventionnement de l’industrie, dans le but de s’aligner sur les très vastes projets des États-Unis visant à soutenir les transitions économiques respectueuses […]
Innovation in agriculture can actually drive climate protection
The challenge of food systems around the globe is to address the climate impact of agriculture. Farming accounts for about 11 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Arguably, we could just “stop farming” — as suggested by a recent viral video of an environmental protester on Twitter — but as long as we need to […]
